Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be wher
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.